Obituary: Sandra Cotton Metts

Sandra Cotton Metts, 69, of Winter Garden, Florida, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 1, 2024, at South Lake Hospital in Clermont, Florida, with her loving husband by her side.

Sandra was born on Dec. 24, 1954, in Pell City, Alabama, the daughter of the late Clifford Cotton Sr. and Martha Patsy Cotton.

Sandra was the loving wife of Daniel Metts Sr. for 49 years. Sandra was a homemaker who loved her two boys more than anything in the world. Her children meant the world to her. Sandra did anything and would do anything in the world to help her children. Sandra was known for being a giving, kind, forgiving, supportive, fun and loving mother to her two boys. Everyone in town knew the love that she had in her heart for her children. She made it known. She wanted everyone that she encountered to know about her two boys and how much she loved her two boys. And she wanted everyone to know how proud she felt of her two boys in her heart. She just loved expressing the love she felt for her children to everyone. Her children really made her happy. And no matter how sick Sandra was, she was always determined; when anyone else would have broken, Sandra stayed strong.

Besides her husband, Daniel Sr., she is survived by her children, Daniel Metts Jr. and Gregory Metts, of Montverde, Florida; two brothers, Clifford Cotton Jr., of Polk City, Florida, and Jerry Cotton, of Lake County, Florida; one sister, Sally Ricks, of Clermont, Florida.

The family received relatives and friends at 11 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2024, at Winter Oak Funeral Home; funeral was officiated by Pastor Jeff Shaver. Immediately following the service Sandra was laid to rest at the Winter Garden Cemetery. Winter Oak Funeral Home & Cremations.